Target underwriting tickets

Published: Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 12:00 a.m.

ASHEVILLE -- Asheville Bravo Concerts has announced its partnership with Target in recognition of the Asheville Bravo Concerts' goal of making the finest in performing arts accessible and affordable to all local students. Target has generously underwritten $3,000 worth of free tickets for local students and their families to attend any of Asheville Bravo Concerts' final three concerts of the season.

The first will be Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, The Clown Princes -- with silent films of Keaton, Lloyd and Chaplin, 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. Benjamin's spoken introductions and the original scores issued by the studios set the tone for short films of Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin.

The second performance will be the Russian National Ballet in Swan Lake, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Swan Lake embodies the spirit of classical perfection. An enchanting fairy tale of everlasting love, Tchaikovsky's beloved classic is overflowing with lyrical romance and dramatic grandeur.

Finally, the Pipes, Drums and Dancers of the Black Watch and the Band of the Welsh Guards, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 10. These soldier musicians present a spectacle as interesting to the eye as it is to the ear, playing pipes and drums all while moving in tight formations. The Black Watch serves as a fully operational battalion in the modern British Army. Based in London, the Welsh Guards can regularly be seen at the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.

This grant is part of the ongoing support Target provides to local communities throughout the country. Every week Target gives more than $2 million to strengthen families and communities across the nation with a focus on education, the arts and social services.

In its 74th year, Asheville Bravo Concerts is a privately funded non-profit presenting the best of internationally known opera, music and ballet here in Western North Carolina at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. For more information, visit ashevillebravoconcerts.org on the Web or call Jan Milin at 225-5887.

<p>ASHEVILLE -- Asheville Bravo Concerts has announced its partnership with Target in recognition of the Asheville Bravo Concerts' goal of making the finest in performing arts accessible and affordable to all local students. Target has generously underwritten $3,000 worth of free tickets for local students and their families to attend any of Asheville Bravo Concerts' final three concerts of the season.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>The first will be Rick Benjamin's Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, The Clown Princes -- with silent films of Keaton, Lloyd and Chaplin, 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29. Benjamin's spoken introductions and the original scores issued by the studios set the tone for short films of Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin.</p><p>The second performance will be the Russian National Ballet in Swan Lake, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. Swan Lake embodies the spirit of classical perfection. An enchanting fairy tale of everlasting love, Tchaikovsky's beloved classic is overflowing with lyrical romance and dramatic grandeur.</p><p>Finally, the Pipes, Drums and Dancers of the Black Watch and the Band of the Welsh Guards, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 10. These soldier musicians present a spectacle as interesting to the eye as it is to the ear, playing pipes and drums all while moving in tight formations. The Black Watch serves as a fully operational battalion in the modern British Army. Based in London, the Welsh Guards can regularly be seen at the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.</p><p>This grant is part of the ongoing support Target provides to local communities throughout the country. Every week Target gives more than $2 million to strengthen families and communities across the nation with a focus on education, the arts and social services.</p><p>In its 74th year, Asheville Bravo Concerts is a privately funded non-profit presenting the best of internationally known opera, music and ballet here in Western North Carolina at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium. For more information, visit ashevillebravoconcerts.org on the Web or call Jan Milin at 225-5887.</p>